Quote by John Fowles
Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical. – John Fowles

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We all write poems it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words. – John Fowles

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In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me. – John Fowles

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Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the hearts sanctuary. – Augusta Jane Evans

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He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Never step over one duty to perform another. – English Proverb

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How do you know if your mission in life is finished? If youre still alive, it isnt. – Richard Bach

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My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right. – Carl Schurz

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